Irani Chai, Irani Samosa and Jungle

Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park is situated within the larger area of the Sri Venkateswara Wildlife Sanctuary. While the zoo is not within UNESCO Seshachalam Hills Biosphere Reserve it shares the ecological context of the Seshachalam Hills. The biggest Zoological Park in Asia in terms of area, it was officially recognised by Central Zoo authority in 2017 as ‘Large Category Zoo’.

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We recently met with fellow LGs at the Green Land Canteen inside the park. Unlike many other canteens inside other Zoological parks, the 3-4 canteens here are well run. There is hardly any litter or discarded cups and wrappers in open. The perimeter is clean and you have no dogs, monkeys or cats scavenging here.

We had Irani Chai, served in disposable paper cups with Irani Samosa. The Irani samosas triangular in shape are filled with onion and are smaller than North Indian aloo samosas.

This post is in response to the Chai Pe Charcha initiative by @TusharSuradkar

Chai Pe Charcha

We have also added this canteen on Google Maps. Review will soon follow. It will help visitors to the park who may feel hungry or thirsty or may be just looking for a place to sit down for short break.

This post is also in response to Supporting Small Business initiative by @AjitThite

Supporting Small Business

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Excellent post @curatorofmemory Very unique and amazing place to have Chai pe Charcha. The park looks so serene and green. Did you get to see any white tigers? Do they allow safaris inside the jungle?

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@Ssiddharth2000. Thanks. Yes the tiger in post was the one we saw at close quarters. There is a lion safari inside park

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Nice title, chai, meet-up and jungle, very unusual and exciting combo indeed!

As usual, a great post. Thanks for sharing with us. @curatorofmemory

Cheers!

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@AjitThite. Thanks for kind words

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Ein imposanter Tiger :heart_eyes: und sehr gut aussehender Imbiss @curatorofmemory es sieht sehr lecker aus.:folded_hands:

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Wow! good post and spending the great time @curatorofmemory , congratulations and keep it up :folded_hands:

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@Annaelisa. Thank you for your feedback

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@AbhijeetUniyal. Thank you so much

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Fabulous post for many reasons @curatorofmemory :+1:
Not the contents, but the delightful highlights, such as cleanliness and sustainability, which are lacking at most places we call nature reserves.

The chai is a pinnacle of experience, set amidst lush greenery all around.
That is an experience I dream of :hugs:

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@TusharSuradkar. Thank you so much

Wow that’s amazing @curatorofmemory

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@Ssiddharth2000. Thank you

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